Tips for buying Ultrasound, Diagnostic

The uses of ultrasound
scanning systems with OB/GYN capabilities include: investigating a variety
of gynecologic abnormalities, including infertility; detecting the
presence and condition of a fetus; examining the blood supply to the
fetus; and monitoring fetal growth throughout pregnancy.

This technology is also
useful in guiding amniocentesis and other invasive procedures.

Obstetric analysis packages
provide valuable information, including gestational age, fetal weight, and
fetal growth calculation, and some are also capable of report generation.

Endocavity transducers are
available for use with gynecologic imaging and on some general-purpose ultrasound
scanners for prostate screening.

Comprehensive OB/GYN studies
and general-purpose abdomen and small-parts studies require a
full-featured diagnostic ultrasound system, which is used in a hospital's
radiology department or imaging center, OB/GYN department, or OB/GYN
offices, in which comprehensive obstetric ultrasound examinations are
performed.

Another field requiring a full-featured
diagnostic ultrasound system is comprehensive vascular study. Such a ultrasound
scanning system is usually used in a hospital's radiology department,
cardiology department, or vascular lab or in a vascular surgeon's office.
Examinations include comprehensive extra cranial and peripheral vascular
studies.

Specialized high-frequency
small-parts probes are available with some general-purpose diagnostic
ultrasound scanners for use in thyroid, breast, scrotum, neonatal brain,
and musculoskeletal evaluation.

For diagnosing arterial and
venous abnormalities and their causes, general-purpose diagnostic
ultrasound scanners with vascular capabilities provide flow profiles of
vessels throughout the body.

Doppler provides flow
detection in vessels, such as those found in organs and tumors and in
extremities. Spectral Doppler analysis packages can perform calculations
automatically.

Remote diagnostic ultrasounds
are offered by some suppliers. This enables scanning functions remotely
through a modem.